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March 18, 2014

Seattle ENG Helicopter Down, Two Fatally Injured

One Person On The Ground Seriously Injured In Accident Near The Space Needle

A news-gathering helicopter belonging to television station KOMO in Seattle went down Tuesday morning resulting in the fatal injury of the pilot and one other person on board. A third person in a car on the ground was seriously injured in the post-impact fire.

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ANNouncement: Now Accepting Applications For Oshkosh 2014 Stringers!!!

Starting Early -- An Amazing Experience Awaits The Chosen Few...

OK... I'm starting this year's pitch much earlier than normal... but this year's Oshkosh, for reasons that we'll disclose shortly, will the busiest and most pivotal effort of our corporate lives. This year, we're going to do more than raise the bar, we're going to do some truly extraordinary things... in partnership with some even more extraordinary people and entities -- and we'll tell you ALL about it SOON. DON'T SAY WE DIDN'T WARN YOU...

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Ready For A Laugh? ANN's Annual April 1st Edition Is Just Around The Corner!

YOU Can Be A Part Of The Aero-Insanity! Get Your Wacky Ideas In NOW!

Time is fast ticking down to a date the entire ANN staff looks forward to every year. See, each April 1st, we have a problem getting our stories straight... we make things up, we get silly, we exaggerate and lampoon. In other words, we act weirder than the loons who run Sun 'n Fun... and in this group, that's really saying something. (At least we get group rates on appropriate professional care... which comes in handy more often than we care to admit -- Ed.)

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Bolen Calls For Continued Recognition Of Aviation’s Importance

Remarks Come During A Washington Forum With Other Aviation Advocates

Representing the business aviation community on a panel with fellow aviation advocates, NBAA President and CEO Ed Bolen on March 13 repeated his call for federal policies that support the industry as a primary source for America’s competitive leadership in the world. “Ours is a great industry,” Bolen told the audience of aviation-policy leaders. “We create jobs, we are the world’s leader in aerospace technology; we contribute exports; and we move people and cargo around the world.”

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Sierra Nevada Corporation Expands Work In Huntsville

Marshall Space Flight Center, Teledyne Brown Engineering To Work On Dream Chaser Advanced Development Applications

Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) is expanding its Dream Chaser program team and scope of work in Huntsville, AL with the signing of a Space Act Agreement (SAA) Annex with NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) and a Teaming Agreement with Teledyne Brown Engineering (TBE).

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NASA Administrator Visits Marshall, Views Space Launch System Progress

Avionics Testing Underway For SLS Boosters

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden toured on March 14 the agency's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, AL where testing is underway on the avionics unit for the agency's Space Launch System (SLS). The avionics unit -- including its hardware, software and operating systems -- will guide the rocket to deep space destinations.

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Luke AFB Receives First F-35A Lightning II

Official Welcoming Ceremony Held Late Last Week At The Base

The first F-35 Lightning II assigned to the 56th Fighter Wing was officially delivered during a ceremony attended by dignitaries and hundreds of local civic leaders, wing military and civilian members at Luke Air Force Base in Arizona late last week. The F-35A Conventional Takeoff and Landing variant, known as LF 5030, is the first of 144 F-35As scheduled for delivery to the base.

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Rare Artifact From Space Shuttle Columbia On Display At Tellus Science Museum

Atlanta Facility Receives Donation Of Columbia's Nose Cap

A piece of NASA's Columbia Space Shuttle now resides at Tellus Science Museum just north of Atlanta, GA. Donated by NASA's Historical Artifacts Program, the nose cap from the Space Shuttle Columbia will go on display as part of Tellus' permanent space exhibit on Friday March 14.

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Bell Helicopter Announces Helisul Agreements

Air Taxi Company Orders Bell 429, Bell 505 Aircraft

Helisul Air Taxi ordered a new Bell 429 and also signed purchase agreements for three new Bell 505 Jet Ranger X aircraft at Heli-Expo 2014, further adding to the company’s growing fleet. This was part of the nearly 200 total agreements announced at the end of the show.

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Space Florida ISS Research Competition Winners To Fly Life Sciences Experiments

Will Be Aboard The SpaceX CRS-3 Launch Later This Month

Space Florida, the state’s spaceport authority and aerospace development organization, and NanoRacks LLC, a designer and manufacturer of microgravity research platforms, say that payloads developed by two of the seven winners of the Space Florida International Space Station (ISS) Research Competition will be launched to the ISS onboard SpaceX CRS-3 (Commercial Resupply Services, Mission 3), from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, now planned for late March. The two NanoLabs holding these payloads will fly inside the SpaceX Dragon capsule being launched on top of a Falcon 9 rocket, version 1.1.

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FreeFlight To Supply RANGR-G ADS-B Xponders For Exelis Airport Ground Vehicles

System To Be Deployed At Major U.S. Airports To Improve Runway Safety

FreeFlight Systems has reached a long-term agreement with Exelis to supply the FreeFlight Systems FDL-978-TX RANGR-G ADS-B transponder for airport ground vehicles as part of Symphony VMAT (Vehicle Movement Area Transponder) airport operations system developed by Exelis.

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Vector Signs Exclusive 5-year MRO Support Contract With Sunshine Helicopters

Will Service Engines And Other Components For The Company

Vector Aerospace Helicopter Services-North America (“HS-NA”), has signed a 5 year, exclusive MRO support contract with Sunshine Helicopters of Kahulu, Maui. This Agreement will cover Sunshine Helicopter’s Arriel 1 and Arriel 2 engines, and Airbus Helicopter AS350, AS355 and EC130 dynamic components.

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Student Documentary Focuses On FAA's Implementation Of The Airline Safety Act

Wins Honorable Mention In C-SPAN StudentCam Competition

A high school junior has won honorable mention in a documentary competition organized by the Cable-Satellite Public Affairs Network (C-SPAN) for a film that focuses on the FAA's failure to fully implement the Airline Safety Act passed four years ago.

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AOPA Unveils New Guide To Assist In Flying Club Formation

Identifies Important Things Groups Should Know When Setting Up A Club

AOPA has released a new tool that it says will steer members through the critical steps of starting a flying club. “AOPA’s Guide to Starting a Flying Club” identifies the most important aspects to consider when bringing a club from inception to full operation.

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AD: Airbus Helicopters (Revision)

AD NUMBER: 2011-22-05 R1

PRODUCT: Eurocopter France (Eurocopter) Model AS350B, B1, B2, B3, BA, C, D, D1, AS355E, F, F1, F2, N, and NP helicopters with certain tail rotor (T/R) pitch control rods (control rods) installed.

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Airborne 03.17.14: Done Deal-Beech Bought, Aspen's New Glass, NextGen GA Fund

Also: Red Rocket!, BendixKing Adds Connectivity, True Blue Power, NEW TBM 900

The most common advice you hear from financial counselors is to have a diversified investment portfolio, and it looks like Textron has been listening to this advice. The deed is finally done, and for now, the Cessna, Beechcraft, and Hawker names will continue to live on ... under the Textron umbrella. Up until now, the problem with installing a glass panel primary flight display (PFD) in a simple VFR airplane is that the PFD can cost as much as the airplane. Now Aspen Avionics has changed that. Aspen has developed the first certified glass panel PFD built specifically for VFR

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Swept-Tip Hartzell Trailblazer Props Set For Homebuilt, Certificated Aircraft

Two- And Three-Blade Versions 'Designed To Maximize Performance' Company Says

Hartzell Propeller is introducing two- and three-blade versions of its new swept-tip Trailblazer prop for experimental aircraft and a number of certificated aircraft models.

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FAA Issues SAIB For Mooney M20 Airplanes

Follows Numerous Reports Of Landing Gear Failures

The FAA has posted a Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin (SAIB) directed towards owners, operators, and maintenance technicians of Mooney International Corporation Models M20, M20A, M20B, M20C, M20D, M20E, M20F, M20G, M20J, M20K, M20L, M20M, M20R, M20S, and M20TN airplanes (under Type Certificate Data Sheet 2A3).

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GAMA Praises European Commission, EASA For Simplifying GA Pilot Licensing

New Rule Goes Into Effect April 3

The European Commission has published a significant update to EASA's aircrew rules. The new regulation, which goes into effect April 3, takes an important first step forward in simplifying general aviation (GA) pilot licensing in Europe.

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CubCrafters Delivers 300th LSA

Carbon Cub SS Making Its Home In Idaho

Light aircraft designer and manufacturer CubCrafters achieved a milestone by delivering its 300th CC11 aircraft in January of 2014. CubCrafters’ CC11 family includes the popular Carbon Cub SS and Sport Cub S2 LSA models. Serial Number 300 is a handsome Carbon Cub SS in Volcano Red bound for Idaho.

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Goodyear Unveils Its Latest Airship

New Blimp Needs A Name, Contest Underway

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company has unveiled an all-new, state-of-the-art version of its world-famous icon, the Goodyear Blimp. The new airship is larger, faster, and more maneuverable and builds on the company's legacy as the world's leading builder and operator of airships.

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Airbus Starts Final Assembly Of A320neo

Program Is On Track For First Flight Later This Year

Airbus has started final assembly of the first A320neo at its Final Assembly Line (FAL) in Toulouse (France), with the join-up of the forward and aft fuselage sections which recently arrived from St. Nazaire in France and Hamburg in Germany respectively.

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FAA Grants STC For An ADS-B Out For Sikorsky S-76 Platform

Trig TT22 Transponder, FreeFlight GPS Sensor Make Up The System

The FAA has approved an STC for the installation of the Trig Avionics TT22 transponder with the FreeFlight Systems 1201 WAAS/GPS sensor. This STC ensures ADS-B Out compliance for use with the Sikorsky S-76 A/B/C models.

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Aero-News: Quote Of The Day (03.18.14)

“EASA worked cooperatively with the GA community to better tailor the licensing regulations for general aviation pilots in Europe over the past five years. Today’s regulation contains the result of that activity." Source: Jens Hennig, Vice President of Operations for GAMA.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (03.18.14): Digital-Automatic Terminal Information Service

The service provides text messages to aircraft, airlines, and other users outside the standard reception range of conventional ATIS via landline and data link communications to the cockpit.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (03.18.14)

Berlin Airlift Historical Foundation

The Berlin Airlift Historical Foundation is dedicated to preserving the memory and legacy of the greatest humanitarian/aviation event in history, The Berlin Airlift.  

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